An employment lawyer says a court finding that an Auckland courier was an employee, not a contractor could open the floodgates to similar cases.
Mika Leota was working for Parcel Express and had signed a contract to say he was a contractor, but yesterday a judge determined the actual conditions he worked under made him an employee.
Wellington lawyer Barbara Buckett says other employers who have mis-labelled an employees as a contractor could have a costly problem on their hands.
She speaks to Kim Hill.
